Section Ⅱ Learning About Language
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一、英译汉
1.He gave me a call and told me that his brother was accused of stealing a car.
答案:他给我打电话,告诉我他弟弟被指控偷车。
2.She gave up the job not because it was tiring but because it was stressful.
答案:她放弃了那份工作,不是因为太累,而是因为压力大。
3.I returned to the village where I grew up in my childhood last summer.
答案:去年夏天我回到了我童年时代生活过的村子。
4.Our class is made up of 40 students,all of whom are friendly and hard-working.
答案:我们班由40个学生组成,他们都很友好且很刻苦。
5.That’s why I’m writing to you to voice my opinion.
答案:那就是我写信给你发表观点的原因。
6.I offered him some advice,but he told me that he had given up the plan.
答案:我给了他一些建议,但是他告诉我他已经放弃了那个计划。
二、汉译英
1.他们突然停止了讨论,所以没有得出一个结论。
答案:Suddenly they stopped discussing,so they failed to come to a conclusion.
2.他说将来他会一生致力于科学事业。
答案:He said that he would dedicate his life to science in the future.
3.别担心!三天后我们会再见面的。
答案:Don’t worry!It will be three days before we meet again.
4.你最好比以前学习更努力,否则你期末考试是考不过的。
答案:You’d better work harder than before,or you won’t pass the final exam.
5.他还没去过你在信里提到过的那个城市。
答案:He hasn’t been to the city which/that you mentioned in your letter.
6.让我生气的是,他故意打破了我的杯子。
答案:What made me angry was that he broke my cup on purpose.
7.他进了房间,问我为什么错过了那个会议。
答案:He entered the room and asked me why I had missed the meeting.
8.她没有回答我的问题,而是问我明天我要做什么。
答案:She didn’t answer my question but asked me what I would do the next day.
三、阅读理解
A
Just a few years out of law school,I decided that I wanted to write fictions.The only thing I had ever published before was a law-review article.I had made great efforts to write when I came home at night after work,but I was too tired.I decided to quit my job.
I began my new life on a February morning.I sat down at my kitchen table at 7:30 a.m.and made a resolution.Every day I would write until lunchtime.Then I would lie down on the floor for 20 minutes to rest my mind.After that,I would return to work for a few more hours.
In my first year,I sold two stories.Then I wrote a novel,but I thought it wasn’t good enough,so I ended up putting it in a drawer.My second novel,Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,was published with glowing reviews and received the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction.
My success sounds like a familiar story,but actually it was far from suddenness.I quit my job,and for every story I published in those years,I had at least 30 rejections.The novel that I put away in the drawer took my four years.My breakthrough came in 2006,18 years after I first sat down to write at my kitchen table.
Sometimes genius is just the thing that comes out after 20 years of working at your kitchen.Also,doing something truly creative requires the energy of youth.Orson Welles made his masterpiece,Citizen Kan,at 26.
1.When did the author decide to devote himself to writing fictions
A.When he was tired from his work.
B.Straight after graduation from law school.
C.On being informed his law-review article came out.
D.When his hobby was disturbed by his work.
答案:D
解析:细节理解题。根据第一段的“I had made great efforts to write when I came home at night after work,but I was too tired.I decided to quit my job.”可知,当作者的爱好被工作打扰时,作者决定放弃工作而投身于写作。故D项正确。
2.We can infer from the second paragraph that the author .
A.led a wealthy life
B.arranged his life reasonably
C.was too diligent to relax himself
D.remained single
答案:B
解析:推理判断题。根据第二段内容可知,作者合理安排了他的生活。故B项正确。
3.Why did the author give the example of Orson Welles
A.To make a comparison.
B.To show creativity needs energy.
C.To persuade the readers of their great talents.
D.To recommend their two masterpieces.
答案:B
解析:推理判断题。根据最后一段的“Sometimes genius is just the thing that comes out after 20 years of working at your kitchen.Also,doing something truly creative requires the energy of youth.”可知,作者引用这一例子是为了要说明:创造力需要精力。故B项正确。
B
Walking home from work with a family friend,I found myself in a discussion about her daughter’s going to college.
It started with the mother telling me that she had no money to help her daughter go through college,which led the mother to push community college fiercely.She then started to say how she had been pushing “high-paying” fields on her daughter—doctor,engineer,lawyer,etc.When I asked her if that was what her daughter had interest in,she said no.I asked her what the point was to push her daughter into something that she didn’t like,and she responded with,“I just want her to make a good fortune.”
After hearing her words,I would like to state that money is not everything.A high-paying job means nothing if you are miserable.I used to do a high-paying job,but it was very tiring and I had no time of my own.I didn’t like it at all.Though the pay was good,I was not happy.
So I’d like to tell parents,please do not force your children into a major or a career just because you think they are going to make a lot of money.They would feel terrible for taking that major or job just to comfort you.The worst part is the feeling of guilty when they decide to change that major to something they actually want or when they quit that job.
Being a member of a generation who are willing to give absolutely everything to our kids,we know we just hope our children could live happy lives.Please do not force a career path on our children just because we think it is good for them.Give our children advice,but don’t force them.
4.What do we know about that mother
A.She thought highly of community college.
B.She got along very well with her daughter.
C.She couldn’t afford her daughter’s college fees.
D.She wanted to be a doctor when she was young.
答案:C
解析:细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“It started with the mother telling me that she had no money to help her daughter go through college...”可知,那位妈妈没有足够的钱来供养女儿上大学。故选C项。
5.The mother chose the fields for her daughter mainly because .
A.her daughter really liked those fields
B.she thought those fields were interesting
C.those fields wouldn’t cost much at college
D.she considered them to be high-paying fields
答案:D
解析:细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知,这位妈妈之所以让她的女儿学那些专业,是因为她认为学那些专业的学生将来挣钱多。
6.Why did the writer mention her story in paragraph 3
A.To prove that high-paying jobs mean nothing.
B.To show that not all high-paying jobs are satisfying.
C.To prove that high-paying jobs make people miserable.
D.To show that low-paying jobs are better than high-paying jobs.
答案:B
解析:推理判断题。根据本段中的“I used to do a high-paying job,but it was very tiring and I had no time of my own.I didn’t like it at all.Though the pay was good,I was not happy.”可知,作者用自己的故事说明:并不是所有的高薪工作都是令人满意的。
7.From the text,we can infer that the writer would most probably advise parents to .
A.choose the best major or career for their children
B.avoid giving their children advice on their major or career
C.let their children make the final decision on their major or career
D.give everything to their kids to make sure they’ll have a good future
答案:C
解析:推理判断题。根据文章最后两句“Please do not force a career path on our children just because we think it is good for them.Give our children advice,but don’t force them.”可推知选C项。
四、语篇填空
If you make a career choice while you 1. (be) still in high school,you will save time and money in the long run.Students who do not plan ahead may delay 2. (start) college or take extra courses to give themselves time to make up their 3. (mind).A report says that the average annual tuition at a four-year college is $35,000.If you spend 4. extra year in school,you may have to take out additional loans or pay extra money to cover the cost.
5. (choose) a career while you are in high school also gives you time to explore your industry.If you find a career 6. sounds interesting,you can follow someone in the field and see what it is 7. (real) like to have that job.You can also apply 8. a chance to get an informal position related to your desired industry.This will help you build a professional network even before you graduate from high school.Professional contacts are very 9. (value),especially when you are looking for a job in your field.If you do as much as you can to build a network when you are ready for a job,you will be more likely 10. (succeed).
答案:1.are 2.starting 3.minds 4.an 5.Choosing 6.which/that 7.really 8.for 9.valuable 10.to succeed
1Section Ⅱ Learning About Language
课后训练一起提高
一、英译汉
1.He gave me a call and told me that his brother was accused of stealing a car.
2.She gave up the job not because it was tiring but because it was stressful.
3.I returned to the village where I grew up in my childhood last summer.
4.Our class is made up of 40 students,all of whom are friendly and hard-working.
5.That’s why I’m writing to you to voice my opinion.
6.I offered him some advice,but he told me that he had given up the plan.
二、汉译英
1.他们突然停止了讨论,所以没有得出一个结论。
2.他说将来他会一生致力于科学事业。
3.别担心!三天后我们会再见面的。
4.你最好比以前学习更努力,否则你期末考试是考不过的。
5.他还没去过你在信里提到过的那个城市。
6.让我生气的是,他故意打破了我的杯子。
7.他进了房间,问我为什么错过了那个会议。
8.她没有回答我的问题,而是问我明天我要做什么。
三、阅读理解
A
Just a few years out of law school,I decided that I wanted to write fictions.The only thing I had ever published before was a law-review article.I had made great efforts to write when I came home at night after work,but I was too tired.I decided to quit my job.
I began my new life on a February morning.I sat down at my kitchen table at 7:30 a.m.and made a resolution.Every day I would write until lunchtime.Then I would lie down on the floor for 20 minutes to rest my mind.After that,I would return to work for a few more hours.
In my first year,I sold two stories.Then I wrote a novel,but I thought it wasn’t good enough,so I ended up putting it in a drawer.My second novel,Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,was published with glowing reviews and received the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction.
My success sounds like a familiar story,but actually it was far from suddenness.I quit my job,and for every story I published in those years,I had at least 30 rejections.The novel that I put away in the drawer took my four years.My breakthrough came in 2006,18 years after I first sat down to write at my kitchen table.
Sometimes genius is just the thing that comes out after 20 years of working at your kitchen.Also,doing something truly creative requires the energy of youth.Orson Welles made his masterpiece,Citizen Kan,at 26.
1.When did the author decide to devote himself to writing fictions
A.When he was tired from his work.
B.Straight after graduation from law school.
C.On being informed his law-review article came out.
D.When his hobby was disturbed by his work.
2.We can infer from the second paragraph that the author .
A.led a wealthy life
B.arranged his life reasonably
C.was too diligent to relax himself
D.remained single
3.Why did the author give the example of Orson Welles
A.To make a comparison.
B.To show creativity needs energy.
C.To persuade the readers of their great talents.
D.To recommend their two masterpieces.
B
Walking home from work with a family friend,I found myself in a discussion about her daughter’s going to college.
It started with the mother telling me that she had no money to help her daughter go through college,which led the mother to push community college fiercely.She then started to say how she had been pushing “high-paying” fields on her daughter—doctor,engineer,lawyer,etc.When I asked her if that was what her daughter had interest in,she said no.I asked her what the point was to push her daughter into something that she didn’t like,and she responded with,“I just want her to make a good fortune.”
After hearing her words,I would like to state that money is not everything.A high-paying job means nothing if you are miserable.I used to do a high-paying job,but it was very tiring and I had no time of my own.I didn’t like it at all.Though the pay was good,I was not happy.
So I’d like to tell parents,please do not force your children into a major or a career just because you think they are going to make a lot of money.They would feel terrible for taking that major or job just to comfort you.The worst part is the feeling of guilty when they decide to change that major to something they actually want or when they quit that job.
Being a member of a generation who are willing to give absolutely everything to our kids,we know we just hope our children could live happy lives.Please do not force a career path on our children just because we think it is good for them.Give our children advice,but don’t force them.
4.What do we know about that mother
A.She thought highly of community college.
B.She got along very well with her daughter.
C.She couldn’t afford her daughter’s college fees.
D.She wanted to be a doctor when she was young.
5.The mother chose the fields for her daughter mainly because .
A.her daughter really liked those fields
B.she thought those fields were interesting
C.those fields wouldn’t cost much at college
D.she considered them to be high-paying fields
6.Why did the writer mention her story in paragraph 3
A.To prove that high-paying jobs mean nothing.
B.To show that not all high-paying jobs are satisfying.
C.To prove that high-paying jobs make people miserable.
D.To show that low-paying jobs are better than high-paying jobs.
7.From the text,we can infer that the writer would most probably advise parents to .
A.choose the best major or career for their children
B.avoid giving their children advice on their major or career
C.let their children make the final decision on their major or career
D.give everything to their kids to make sure they’ll have a good future
四、语篇填空
If you make a career choice while you 1. (be) still in high school,you will save time and money in the long run.Students who do not plan ahead may delay 2. (start) college or take extra courses to give themselves time to make up their 3. (mind).A report says that the average annual tuition at a four-year college is $35,000.If you spend 4. extra year in school,you may have to take out additional loans or pay extra money to cover the cost.
5. (choose) a career while you are in high school also gives you time to explore your industry.If you find a career 6. sounds interesting,you can follow someone in the field and see what it is 7. (real) like to have that job.You can also apply 8. a chance to get an informal position related to your desired industry.This will help you build a professional network even before you graduate from high school.Professional contacts are very 9. (value),especially when you are looking for a job in your field.If you do as much as you can to build a network when you are ready for a job,you will be more likely 10. (succeed).
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